The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-15
COST OF A SWELL WARDROBE.
Exorbitant Prices which New Yorl
Tailor6 Charge for Good Clothes.

Exorbitant Prices which New York
TailorS Charge for Good Clothes.
NEW York, Aug. 81 have heard half
dozen men say recently that they found
they could save money by going over to
London to buy their clothes 1t is particu-
larly true of actors, who are obliged to
have a large number of suits on hand, but
the economy is just as evident among less
extensive purchasers. Herbert Kelley went
to England this year for the sole purpose of
replenishing his wardrobe.
zone can get good clothes on this side of
the water undoubtedly" he said, "but the
trouble is they cost triple what they do in
London. A crack tailor here charges $50
for pair of trousers. and that sum will
buy exactly three pairs in England.
The tailors of New York are constantly
growing more exorbitant in their prices
There are, of course, huge emporiums or
bazars where clothes are clipped out like
SHOE pegs and sold like hot mullins, but it
goes without saying that well-dressed men
do not patroniZe them. A man to earn the
distinction of being pronounced well dressed
in New York, must exercise great care not
to dress too much or too richly. He must
spend considerable sums upon his attire, but
nothing like the amounts set down of late
in numerous articles that are floating about
Ill tfle NldIlg press concerning Lnt COSU Oh u
wel-dreSsed New Workers. wardrobe The
state;nent that at least twenty thousand
men here spend 5000 a year on clothes
causes an aching void TO replace my heart.
I'm not an expert on clothes, but realize the
absurdity of that statement. Suppose "A
man buys eight suits of clothes a year,
which is an extraordinary number, the cost
would be about as follows:
Two frock suits .............. ............ S2lO
One evening suit. Observation-Disclosures. 100
Two business suits. ........................ 1870
Three cutaway suits ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 210
This would call for less than $500 of the
5000 year. leaving the overcoats, yacht
ing flannels and underwear to come out of
the trifling balance. Even under these con
dit!ons man would have from fifteen to
twenty >-lits in his wardrobe for they would
accumulate rapidly with one coming in
every six weeks. In sober fact a tailor who
succeeds in yanking what the gamblers cali
"a merry little five 'underGn out of a Gus
toner regards him with reverence, respect
and affec-on. There is a limit to such Ill
terror and interior trappings us over
CATERS, scarfs and linen. A thous-
and dollars year Will dress the
Prince of Wales or the most impressive
of Union or Knickerbocker Club men,
If he buys his toggery In London half the
sum win bring the same results, though
thoroughly believe that there are better
tailors in New York than across the water.
Two men who sat on the rail of yacht the
other day were comparing the prices of
their yachting flannels. The younger of
them, who had just returned from six
years term at Oxford, said to the other:
What did you pay for that white suitP'
at was made to ORDER said the other
surveying his fiannels complacently
The coat and trousers were made by my
tailor for $45 and the shirts were 81 80 &c
ORDER
''Well this outfit" said the Oxford man.
stretching out his athletic legs and exhibit
ing flannes of far better texture and fl
than those of the other man, "cost, includ
ing shirt, trousers and coat, made by q
crack London tailor, just Sl1 in our money.
That's the reason it pays TO go abroad tC
buy your clothes BLAKELY HALL.